On a related subject I note that it is the custom for academics to use their
university address when writing to newspapers on topics which are totally
unrelated to their academic subject.
A couple of years ago I complained to a foreign university about a comment
that had been made about me in a newsgroup by one of their staff using a
university email account. I felt that the comment was defamatory - well, in
fact, they were supporting a comment from a British ISP user (Demon) and I
got very little response to them - but I did seem to make some impression
with the foreign university because subsequently I noted the person
complaining about this.
It was nothing to the hurt I felt - even though I was using an alias - I
felt the comment put me in some personal danger.
Nick Landau
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicklandau1
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Phyllis Rolleston" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 10:08 AM
Subject: [data-protection] private email accounts
Our ICT team blocks e-mail accounts for hotmail, yahoo, etc. and the e-
mail usage policy states that the organisation's e-mail system should not
be used for personal business. The reasoning (as it has been explained to
staff) behind it is that there's a greater risk of downloading viruses,
etc. Plus senior management don't want staff spending large amounts of
time on personal business.
Having said that we're not supposed to use our e-mail accounts for
personal reasons, managers don't mind the odd personal e-mail every now
and again as they don't mind the odd personal phone call.
If someone needs access to an external e-mail account then he/she needs to
make a case for it with the support of the manager. It would ususally be
someone who's understaking a course of study with a university and needs
access to the university account.
Our policy seems to work fine with no major misuse reported.
Regards
Phyllis
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